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Time to ensure one member from every household joins armed forces, says Ma
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal), [India], Feb 19 (ANI): Time has come for the legislature to discuss and legislate to ensure that one member from each household joins the armed forces, said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday.
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West Bengal: TMC councilor shot at, attacked with crude bomb
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
South 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], Feb 19 (ANI): Unidentified assailants hurled crude bombs and shot at a Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor here on Monday.
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IL&FS scam: Mamata Banerjee urges PM Modi to initiate ‘impartial’ probe
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 18 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding a “high level impartial and independent probe” into the Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) scam.
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WB BJP leader held for allegedly abducting his daughter
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Birbhum (West Bengal) [India], Feb 18 (ANI): The West Bengal police on Monday arrested a BJP leader along with two others for their alleged involvement in the abduction of the leader's daughter, police said.
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Indo-Bangladesh bonhomie: Children from Proyash visit Kolkata
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Feb 14 (ANI): In order to boost ties with the neighbouring country, the Indian Army has invited a couple of Bangladeshi children with special needs to stay in West Bengal's Kolkata for four long days.
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Mamata prays before Gandhi statue for ouster of PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday prayed in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Parliament to save the democracy and remove the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) government at the Centre.
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Posters pop up in Delhi to welcome Mamata Banerjee with a 'democracy' jibe
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): ‘Welcome to Delhi, where democracy is alive and kicking, Didi’, reads one of the many posters that have popped up in the Central Delhi ahead of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s arrival here on Wednesday.
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Satyajit Biswas murder: Mukul Roy files anticipatory bail plea
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Feb 12 (ANI): BJP leader Mukul Roy on Tuesday filed an anticipatory bail in Calcutta High Court division bench in connection with TMC MLA Satyajit Biswas' murder case.
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SC junks WB BJP's plea challenging ban on loudspeakers' use
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea of the West Bengal unit of BJP that set aside the Calcutta High Court's 2013 order, which had put a ban on use of loudspeakers in the residential areas in the state, stating that studies of children were more import
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West Bengal: Two arrested in TMC MLA Satyajit Biswas murder case
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Nadia (West Bengal) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): Two persons have been arrested in connection with the killing of Trinamool Congress (TMC) lMLA Satyajit Biswas in Nadia in West Bengal, police said on Sunday.
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Shillong: Former TMC MP Kunal Ghosh reaches CBI office for questioning
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): Former TMC MP Kunal Ghosh on Sunday reached the CBI office in Shillong for questioning in connection with Rose Valley and Saradha chit fund scams.
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Miffed weightlifters to return ‘Bangla Gaurav’ award
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): Indian veteran weightlifters Jyotsna Mukherjee and Chay Adok have decided to return their ‘Bangla Gaurav’ award, expressing discontent with the West Bengal government for allegedly giving secondary treatment to the sport in the state.
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